June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[Rhi_Rhi1]

I'm end of June and always go alllll the way over (the whole two weeks) so you can all prepare to "listen". To my daily moaning haha. What usually happens is everyone else in the groups has their baby about four weeks before me and I'm just sat talking to myself cos everyone off busy with their babies haha

I wrote that in April always me lol . Well least I'm consistent

Lovely weather outside..... I'm honestly raged that I lost my plug and nothing has happened.

 

[Becyboo__x]

Congratulations teeny
Sorry it was traumatic

 

[AngelofTroy]

Aww Rhi you predicted it!! Enjoy the sunshine (we are all stuck in the shade with our newborns! :wink

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Sunshine?! What sunshine? It's been hammering down all stupid day.

Rhi I really wanted your prediction to be wrong maybe it's the calm before the storm?the day my waters went I was feeling so much better than I had in ages!

G has started growing into the things we bought for her - it's like she's starting to look like our baby I'm very grateful for all the things that were passed on or bought for us but there was a LOT of pink

https://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee367/jaclynford13/20160702_115716_zpsjsmdbbg2.jpg

 

[AngelofTroy]

What a gorgeous outfit and beautiful girl! Micah chooses Juni's clothes most days but we are going to a wedding ceremony later so she is wearing a dress! I will take a photo later

 

[Starlight32]

Squig, I understand your disappointment. You were able to breastfeed for a decent amount of time though. I only exclusively breast feed while in the hospital. I had to use formula after discharge because of her discharge weight. You are doing a great job

Teeny, oh no, sorry to hear it was awful . Glad your baby is safely here.

Rhi, how much longer will they let you go before induction?

 

[Squig34]

Teeny congratulations on the birth of your little girl but I'm sorry to hear it was so traumatic

Well Rhi it's July now so baby will be here soon regardless! I'm sorry it's been such a long wait for you!

Squig what is power pumping?

Basically you pump for 5-10 minutes every half hour (for a while, not all day!) - the number of times is more important than the interval apparently plus pp mimics how babies feed (a bit) - in short bursts, often. It did seem to help this morning, I was leaking all over the place that will be easier for me as I typically have a bit more time early morning & at night. The next challenge will be getting up to do a night pump...
Georgia is lovely!

 

[Boo44]

If it makes you feel any better Rhi it's absolutely pouring down with rain here today x

 

[Starlight32]

Wow I just realized it's no longer June!

Rhi, you will definitely have your baby this month! Lol

 

[mommyxofxone]

Awful and traumatic. So many problems but my daughter is here safe and sound. Xx

sorry it was horrible. Glad you're both okay
Congratulations !! !


Allllll byyyy myseellfff

ABsolutely nada happening now. Can't believe it. Over a week of pain and cramping etc followed by plug loss. For it all to stop.

oh rhi i'm sorry, sounds like what kept happening to me i must've lost bloody show a few weeks in a row, and nothing ever happened. i got so tired of getting my hopes up. i hope baby doesn't make you wait much longer.

Awful and traumatic. So many problems but my daughter is here safe and sound. Xx

i'm so sorry teeny, hoping for a speedy recovery and healing. can't wait to see photos.

 

[Lavochain]

Our breastfeeding journey is over before it has begun. Rupert has lost too much weight since birth and although they have said I can keep going with the breastfeeding but with top ups, I'm going to formula. I've been sitting here for over an hour crying, feeling like a failure. They basically sat me on the ward and no one supported me for over two days as they were busy. I was waking every 2 hours to syringe tiny amounts of colostrum and they said it was ok- clearly it wasn't! Pointless rant, feel free to ignore it but I feel like a bad mum.

 

[Lavochain]

Sunshine?! What sunshine? It's been hammering down all stupid day.

Rhi I really wanted your prediction to be wrong maybe it's the calm before the storm?the day my waters went I was feeling so much better than I had in ages!

G has started growing into the things we bought for her - it's like she's starting to look like our baby I'm very grateful for all the things that were passed on or bought for us but there was a LOT of pink

https://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee367/jaclynford13/20160702_115716_zpsjsmdbbg2.jpg

What a beautiful little girl she is! So stylish!

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Ohhh lavo you're not a failure! Why not go ahead with the top ups whilst pumping etc to build up your supply? Sorry I'm not much help. But someone else will know what to do. Lots of girls in here seem pretty clued up ! Either way what ever you do you are not a bad mum

 

[joeybrooks]

lavo so sorry. if you still want to try bfing you could continue to pump to get your supply going and that way you dont have to give up completely.

However if you have made your decision to go with formula stick with it and dobt feel guilty. I destroyed myself the first time because I couldnt do it and it wasnt worth it.

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Oh lavo As joey said if you want to continue its not too late - it's awful that you didn't get the support in hospital where it was really needed, but there is support out there.

As joey said though if formula is the way to go for you don't ever feel bad about that easier said than done I know, especially with the post birth hormones, but you're doing a super job and Rupert will thrive, well fed and we'll loved regardless

 

[Squig34]

Lavo I'm sorry to hear that. I understand at least some of how you feel because it's similar to what happened with me - I was very keen to bf too but they put Róise on formula the day after she was born. I struggled with getting her to latch, despite seeking lots of support after I left hospital (like you, I didn't get enough support in there) & now she's starting to refuse the breast (in addition to a poor latch although she was getting milk, but still needing top ups, so what really is the point?) so it doesn't look like I will be able to bf either. I hope to pump for this month at least to give her ebm, but longer term I don't feel it's feasible & i'm annoyed & disappointed about it too. It's not your fault though & you aren't a failure. All the effort you made to give Rupert your colostrum has already given him a great start (the hospital didn't even help me with that, which I'm very annoyed about now - I didn't really register it at the time but they knew I was trying to bf & should have known they could help - I didn't know about hand expressing & syringe feeding)

 

[Lavochain]

Thanks so much for the support, it really helps to hear. I may try to express some as has been suggested, so that he at least gets some of the benefit but agree that this probably isn't going to be feasible for long. Really sorry to hear about Roise squig, I can't believe that they didn't help you with the colostrum as even ff mums from the offset are encouraged to give it in a lot of hospitals. The community midwife who came was lovely and said that the wards are more often than not supportive enough of new mums. I've got a breastfeeding advisor coming out on Monday but he just won't latch for longer than two seconds so we will see.

As a positive he is a very alert and inquisitive baby, other than the weight loss he is healthy and hopefully these feeds will help him gain some before they next weigh him. It made me break down when she mentioned that if he had have been smaller then he would have had to go to the hospital. I was there for 3 days and they didn't even suggest top ups to me!

 

[joeybrooks]

squig im sorry to hear that. as I said I got great support and I couldnt for the life of me hand express the colostrum so they done it for me then got me the pump when I milk was in. if it wasnt for that I wouldnt still be doing it. its unfair that you were on the exact same ward and didnt get the help you needed.

 

[vaniilla]

Checking in for Rhi updates!

I'm sorry to all the ladies struggling with bf and formula we're pretty much exclusively on formula now and I'm pretty sure I've got a blocked duct (sore lump on my boob) but I'm not letting myself feel guilty this time, she's happy and her weight is doing well, she was 15g off her birth weight yesterday and I'm focusing on that rather than my experience with bf. I know it's hard when you really have your heart set on breastfeeding but they will still thrive and be healthy

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

I'm here. Fed up. Nothing going on. Still can't believe I lost my plug and then nothing! Even google told me I should go into labour ...stupid Dr google.